Hofstra had one of its most successful seasons in women’s basketball program history in 2015-16, finishing with an overall record of 25-9 (13-5 in Colonial Athletic Conference) and advancing to the quarterfinal round of the WNIT where it lost to tournament runner-up Florida Gulf Coast.
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Chris Mixon scored three touchdowns, including a 73-yard run midway through the third quarter, to lead undefeated Garden City to a 36-8 victory over Long Beach in a Nassau Conference II football semifinal playoff game last Saturday at Hofstra.
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The New York Cosmos won their second consecutive North American Soccer League (NASL) Championship and eighth overall on Sunday night, defeating Indy Eleven 4-2 on penalties after a scoreless 120 minutes.
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After failing to score more than 21 points in any of its four October games, Lawrence’s offense put up three touchdowns in the first quarter last Friday night and the third-seeded Golden Tornadoes cruised to a 41-14 over No. 6 Valley Stream North in a Nassau Conference III first-round playoff game before a standing-room-only home crowd.
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Last Friday night, No. 5 Long Beach decided it was time to fully unleash its star running back Tyreek Bromley on the offense, and very quickly reaped the rewards of its decision. Bromley rushed for 182 yards and two touchdowns, helping carry the Marines to a 36-14 victory over No. 4 MacArthur in the Nassau I football quarterfinals.
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MacArthur’s offense piled up nearly 200 yards on the ground and its defense forced three Long Beach turnovers, including a game-sealing interception by senior Brian Mondella in the end zone with 30 seconds left, as the Generals closed the Conference II regular season with a third straight victory, 27-20, on the road last Saturday.
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Sid Tanenbaum, who lived in Woodmere and owned a metal-stamping shop in Far Rockaway, where he was known more for his charitable ways than his two-handed set shot, has been honored for the past 30 years with a basketball tournament that raises scholarship money for students in the Five Towns.